Are most perennials planted by seed from packets or pots from nurseries?

which ones are or arent?





you know, candy tuft, astilbe, phlox, goats beard, etc.

Are most perennials planted by seed from packets or pots from nurseries?
You can do either. I find it far more satisfying to grow a plant from seed, as you see it growing, its various stages of development and eventual flowering. You kind of feel like a mother watching its baby grow! However, if you grow perennials from seed, generally you have to wait until the following year before they flower. It's also much cheaper to do it that way. You will get instant results if you plant from pots, bigger, bushier plants which flower much sooner and you get instant impact. I think the best thing to do (personally) is to have a mixture of both - plant some from pots and grow some from seed. You will probably have too many plants when you grow from seed, but you can give any you don't want to friends or relatives.
Reply:This may well break modern social etiquette so please bare this in mind. Take a few of you favourite plant shoots, or cuttings and place in tiny pots. Go for a walk around the area where you live. If you see a plant that you like in someone else's garden and it is well established, knock on their door and ask them if they would like to swap a cutting from their plant or shrub, for one or any of yours ?


Hopefully it will make your neighbour happy and you too. Nature uses birds and vermin to spread their plants around the natural environment. It is about time a more "intelligent" species got the idea. It will save you a fortune.
Reply:Most perennials are started by plugs,or very small plants, then places into bigger pots to get big.Usually annuals are started by seeds.
Reply:from seed
Reply:there a nursery down from me i visit alot and they start everything from seed